Package: lockfile-progs Version: 0.1.10 Severity: wishlist lockfile-progs has several duplicate binaries:
$ ls -l /usr/bin/{lockfile-*,mail-?*lock}
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6116 2004-02-28 09:44 /usr/bin/lockfile-create
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6116 2004-02-28 09:44 /usr/bin/lockfile-remove
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6116 2004-02-28 09:44 /usr/bin/lockfile-touch
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6116 2004-02-28 09:44 /usr/bin/mail-touchlock
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6116 2004-02-28 09:44 /usr/bin/mail-unlock
$ md5sum /usr/bin/{lockfile-*,mail-?*lock}
53d9c49264ed0c5737eb938e18d04501 /usr/bin/lockfile-create
53d9c49264ed0c5737eb938e18d04501 /usr/bin/lockfile-remove
53d9c49264ed0c5737eb938e18d04501 /usr/bin/lockfile-touch
53d9c49264ed0c5737eb938e18d04501 /usr/bin/mail-touchlock
53d9c49264ed0c5737eb938e18d04501 /usr/bin/mail-unlock
Since have identical content, and will always end up on the same
filesystem, please hard link them all together.
/usr/bin/mail-lock also duplicates the same content, but it has
different permissions (setgid mail), so a link will not work for it.
- Josh Triplett
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